We've been to San Francisco for a week. I adore San Francisco and this was my fifth (i think) visit and Bert's first. We had a wonderful time but are happy to be home even though we are still trying to get over jet lag....

we went to the The Beat Museum in North Beach. It has a good shop where I picked up a Vali Myers biog I'd been after for ages. The museum itself is kind of small and sweet (but doesn't cost much to go inside - so worth it!) it has lots of information (which if you are beaty you will probably already know) and also some nice objects such as Kerouac's jacket.

Saturday, 15 September 2012

I am taking a little bit of a blog holiday.... and an actual holiday from work too.
Time to do lots of nice things before I go back to work and get ready for the business of autumn activities and halloween!
this is what I will be wearing....

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

I've been feeling a bit worn out the last few weeks -but I just have to get through this week in work and then I have two weeks off! At the moment I just want to get under a blanket and read....
Luckily my Aunty made us a blanket as a wedding gift - look how great it is!

It goes perfectly with the novel I've been reading - 'Little Miss Strange'

Monday, 10 September 2012

I worked this weekend - there was a really lovely food festival at work. I did a little craftivist workshop....and I made Bert come too.
some pictures from our jam lid sewing on the weekend.... starting with bert and his finished jam jar lid

Friday, 7 September 2012

I made jam!
I have never made jam before... and am not sure I'll make it again... but it was all for a good cause! It's all part of the Craftivist Collective's summer summer jamming project which I've already written about it here.

here are some kits i've made up - a jam jar with a tomato jam recipe, fabric to embroider on and information about food issues.

and here's the jam! wow, jam making is long....

am not sure who to give my jam to yet - giving the jam away is part of the process and then the message will grow and grow!

I also started up a Cardiff Craftivist group! if you would like to join us I have started tweeting about it as @stitchcardiff and started a facebook page which maybe you could 'like'. We've got a few things lined up - stitching tomorrow and sunday in St Fagans: National History Museum and a couple of things in October too.

I'm linking up with Lakota's ta-dah tuesday even tho it's friday... was debating saving this until next tuesday...but it needed to be shared!!